Just to give you a heads up on the p67 boards. You are not going to gain any performance over another board. They all overclock about the same and perform about the same. You are really just paying for the options that are included in the board. I have done a lot of research on this because I just purchased a sandy bridge set up and I had a smaller budget.

I ended up getting the biostar tp67xe and its a great board. Not saying this is what you should get but don't think you have to buy an expensive board to get a good overclock or low temps. I run 4.5ghz at 1.28vcore. That is really good for a 2500k to run that low of vcore and I have ran 12 hours of prime95 and a crap load of ibt.

Just buy the board that is going to suit your needs and has the features that you need or what. The board that has the same options and is 40 bucks less is going to perform the same.

So I think I know what the problem is... My Proc might be ok... I think the number 1 PCI-e slot on the mother board is fried. I get no video w/ a POST error code of 80 on the motherboard display... checking w/ XFX right now to see if it is still covered by any warranty. More opinions are still appreciated. Thanks again OCN... I love this place...

UPDATE: so... I found my real problem... pulled my whole computer apart and took a good long hard look at everything... its official. i need a new motherboard... one of my socket pins was broken... when i removed the processor something fell out and i tracked it down and found a pin missing in the socket. So... yeah... not really sure what to do... try and see if XFX will lifetime warranty the board? buy a new one? or total upgrade w/ new mobo and processor? (I would just do a poll but don't know how)

UPDATE: so... I found my real problem... pulled my whole computer apart and took a good long hard look at everything... its official. i need a new motherboard... one of my socket pins was broken... when i removed the processor something fell out and i tracked it down and found a pin missing in the socket. So... yeah... not really sure what to do... try and see if XFX will lifetime warranty the board? buy a new one? or total upgrade w/ new mobo and processor? (I would just do a poll but don't know how)

Yeah, see if you can RMA. If they wont accept it then good 775 boards are hard to find, at the cost you get them at your better off upgrading.